Assistant Head - Inclusion

Teach. Champion. Empower. Safeguard

Salary: £54,060 to £56,710 per annum (TCES Band 3.01)

Location: East London Independent School, E15 4HT

Contract: Permanent, Term time + 2 weeks

An inspiring opportunity to take your career to the next level and help shape the lives of our most vulnerable young people.

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Head to lead on the school’s priorities to support each pupil reach their full potential through full inclusion and breaking down barriers in attendance and behaviour for learning. You will work with our clinical and inclusion teams to develop strategies for individual pupils and across the whole school, deliver interventions and strategies as part of our Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme as well as acting as the school's Designated Safeguarding Lead.

We welcome qualified teachers as well as qualified social workers, and those with experience in managing a wide caseload of young people with a variety of complex needs, barriers to learning and social isolation.

TCES East London deliver unique learning opportunities and therapeutic education to neurodiverse pupils who have a range of complex needs, and who demonstrate behaviours linked to traumas. Pupils are encouraged to find and express their creativity and provided opportunities to achieve awards, alongside traditional subjects, as they move from dependence on others to independence through intensive therapeutic interventions..

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. 

TCES pupils learn at one of our two schools, Nurture Primary, Create in the Community service or within the first DfE accredited online special school: TCES National Online School; with TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools, TCES Sixth Form, and mainstream provision.

TCES East London School is an Ofsted Good rated day school specialising in the Arts, with all pupils encouraged to find and express their creativity and supported to achieve awards alongside traditional subjects.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:  

• A champion of education with similar values to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding professionalism.
• Be a Qualified Teacher (holding QTS or equivalent) or Qualified Social Worker with a minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience within inclusion or in SEND, therapeutic or outreach education sector. 
• Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.
• Proven skills in data analysis and reporting.
• Experience supporting families and carer networks to provide appropriate and safe environments for neurodiverse young people.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.
• Experience of managing neurodiverse children with SEND, including ASC and/or SEMH. 
• Experience of coaching staff to improve their practice.

In return we offer:

• An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
• Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.

Closing date 04 October 2024

Interview Date - Week Commencing 7th October

To apply, please complete an application online. For more information please contact recruitment@tces.org.uk

TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

We may choose to close the application stage at any time based on the number and quality of applications.

The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.